Police in South Daytona, Florida, are investigating after gunfire left the Volusia County Republican Party headquarters damaged.

According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, at least four bullets were fired into the windows of the headquarters when the office was unoccupied some time between Sunday night and early Monday morning.

The headquarters is in a strip mall on South Nova Road, and none of the other businesses in the center were vandalized. Police say the shots appear to have been fired from a vehicle.

'Sick people'

"It was obviously politically motivated," Republican Party Chairman Tony Ledbetter told the News-Journal on Monday, adding, "This is a much tougher election cycle because this is not adversaries, this is not just Democrats and Republicans fighting about election day ... This is sick people that want to come out and bust windows and shoot bullet holes in my windows. It's crazy."

Jewel S. Dickson, chair of the Volusia Democratic Executive Committee, said in a statement that, "this kind of attempted violence has no place in Florida, and no place in politics. ... An attack on one of us, is an attack on all of us, and everyone should feel safe participating in our Democracy."

State Rep. Tom Leek, a Republican from Ormond Beach (also in Volusia County) issued a statement that said, “The state of our political discourse in America is an embarrassment to all parties and those involved in the political process. ... Neither Democrats nor Republicans own the high ground on this issue. Sooner or later, both parties are going to have to stop suffering idiots within their own party, and cast them out on their own.”

Blackburn blames 'the unhinged Left'

Tennessee Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Marsha Blackburn also took to Twitter to comment, posting that "the unhinged Left has nothing left but vitriol and hatred, and the more we win, the more dangerous they become."

The unhinged Left has nothing left but vitriol and hatred, and the more we win, the more dangerous they become. This violence has no place in our political discourse, and I’m grateful that no one was hurt in the Florida @GOP office shooting. https://t.co/3B20u6Vo4Z

The vandalism came after a week of apparent political-driven violence that included a mass shooting Saturday that left 11 dead at a Pittsburgh synagogue and the arrest of a South Florida man who was charged with sending pipe bombs to key Democrats around the nation.

There is no room for violence or intimidation in this election. I condemn this shooting in Volusia County in the strongest possible terms, & urge anyone with information to share it with the authorities. I want supporters on all sides of this election to stay safe. https://t.co/73qVTGeyrS

Glad everyone at the Volusia County Republican headquarters is okay and that no one was inside when the shooting happened. Violence of any kind does not belong in our state and I appreciate law enforcement's quick response to keep these Floridians safe.https://t.co/s2L2p6xtbN